One game after blowing out Toronto, Michael Porter Jr. and his Nets headed down the Turnpike to earn an impressive road win, smothering the Sixers 114-106 before a sellout crowd of 19,746 at Xfinity Mobile Arena.
Last season’s 9-10 start put the tank behind the eight ball, forcing GM Sean Marks to trade Dennis Schröder and Dorian Finney-Smith. They finished with the sixth-best lottery odds and fell to eighth.